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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-72588 EUVD-2026-55218GHSA-cjr5-m69m-f39c

bluewave-labs Checkmate - User Enumeration via Differential HTTP Response in Password Recovery

Published Aug 10, 2026 · Updated Aug 10, 2026 · Assigned by TuranSec

Description

A user enumeration vulnerability in bluewave-labs/Checkmate through 2.1.0 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to determine whether a given email address is registered. The POST /api/v1/auth/recovery/request endpoint returns HTTP 200 for registered email addresses and a different status code for unregistered ones, enabling attackers to enumerate valid user accounts.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
bluewave-labs Checkmate ≤ 2.1.0 —

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